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41run for one's money — noun a) A difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation. If your competitor regards you as a menace to his pocketbook, he can give you a nice little run for your money and delay you indefinitely.… …
42run for one's money — phrasal a serious challenge to one s supremacy < is expected to give the incumbent a good run for his money > …
43Run for the Money — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Hard Cash – Die Killer vom FBI Originaltitel: Run for the Money / Hard Cash Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2002 Länge: 99 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …
44run for it — verb To to escape from being discovered or caught. Quick! Wed better run for it! Someones coming …
45run for — phr verb Run for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bus, ↑cover, ↑election, ↑exit, ↑mayor, ↑office, ↑presidency, ↑president, ↑seat, ↑shelter, ↑train …
46run for office — be a candidate in an election I do not plan to run for office this year. I m leaving politics …
47run for your money — See a run for your money …
48To run for an office — Run Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin… …
49make\ a\ run\ for\ it — • run for it • make a run for it v. phr. To dash for safety; make a speedy escape. The bridge the soldiers were on started to fall down and they had to run for it. The policeman shouted for the robber to stop, but the robber made a run for if …
50run for it — they saw the cop car and ran for it See run 1. 2) …
